Posted December 01, 2016
The Wizard groaned softly.
His hands shook, though he could not see them, bound as they were with rough hemp behind his back. He could feel the frayed strands, strong like iron, burning ever deeper into the wounded flesh of his wrists. “You fools, you fools,” he groaned.
“Quiet!” shouted the knight beside him, who gave him a hearty thump on the noggin. “Ye’ll not be charming the likes o’ us!” he bellowed. “We be not the simple-minded gits ye led to their doom aeons ago!” The rest of the party nodded solemnly, and the priest dragging the Wizard leashed behind him gave another firm tug.
The wizard could only glower, the black of his eyes matching that of his heart… though the tatters of his robes were so crusted with filth and soil they no longer quite matched his demeanor in color.
It was well after nightfall when at last the party reached the gates, nestled securely in the side of an ancient grey mountain. The party stared in awe and trepidation.
No one spoke.
A few members of the party felt like they should speak, but nobody was speaking, so nobody could even speak to ask someone else to speak, because whomever would speak wouldn’t know what to say, so nobody wanted to be the first. To speak. The first to speak. Speak speak speak, there, now I’ve said it too many times and it’s gone all funny in my head.
*ahem*
Finally, it was the Black Wizard who spoke. In a whisper, he spoke:
“Behold the ancient fortress of Bara-Dingdong.” He then added a solid “Idiots” for good measure. “Are you craven fools ready? Ready to again enter…
THE DEEP SMELLY DUNGEON
PART III
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Welcome to the signup thread for GOG Forum Mafia #44!
This is the place where you can sign up for the next edition of our little game, chirp each other, and generally misbehave until the game launches. If this is your first time ever, I would recommend closely following at least one game in real-time before signing up.
I am an active player and appreciate active games, so please be willing to commit to active play. Posting is required at least once every 24 hours unless “real life” absence is discussed beforehand. I will be liberal with my prods, and will be sorely tempted to begin modkilling players capriciously. Please do not test my mental balance by tempting me needlessly. Overall game length should be about one month, but you never know with this crowd of indecisive sloths.
You may also sign up to be either an alternate or an observer. Alternates will be asked to follow the game in order to step in if a replacement player is needed. Observers will be granted access at Mod discretion to the observer thread to follow the game, taunt, and generally embarrass themselves and the players in real-time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here.
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This game is targeted at 17 players, but I can adapt up or (more likely) down as needed. As usual, there will a metric fuck-ton of flavor writing, so be prepared.
I highly recommend you be familiar with the first game in this series, found here. Or at least open it up and use adalia's script to isolate my posts so you can read the story. It isn't mandatory to enjoy this game, but it will help.
I will be re-using some of the mechanics from that game, but not all. Be warned.
Be EXTRA warned that there will be some other oddball and generally impolite goings-on as well. In signing up for this game, I would like everyone to grab a spot as either:
1) "regular" player
2) player and open to receiving a non-standard role in the game
3) observer
4) replacement - and please, I would like to have at least two here if possible
If you take what's behind door #2, that does not guarantee you something crazy, but it might open that possibility. Everything will be explained at game time.
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What do you mean "where's part two?"
His hands shook, though he could not see them, bound as they were with rough hemp behind his back. He could feel the frayed strands, strong like iron, burning ever deeper into the wounded flesh of his wrists. “You fools, you fools,” he groaned.
“Quiet!” shouted the knight beside him, who gave him a hearty thump on the noggin. “Ye’ll not be charming the likes o’ us!” he bellowed. “We be not the simple-minded gits ye led to their doom aeons ago!” The rest of the party nodded solemnly, and the priest dragging the Wizard leashed behind him gave another firm tug.
The wizard could only glower, the black of his eyes matching that of his heart… though the tatters of his robes were so crusted with filth and soil they no longer quite matched his demeanor in color.
It was well after nightfall when at last the party reached the gates, nestled securely in the side of an ancient grey mountain. The party stared in awe and trepidation.
No one spoke.
A few members of the party felt like they should speak, but nobody was speaking, so nobody could even speak to ask someone else to speak, because whomever would speak wouldn’t know what to say, so nobody wanted to be the first. To speak. The first to speak. Speak speak speak, there, now I’ve said it too many times and it’s gone all funny in my head.
*ahem*
Finally, it was the Black Wizard who spoke. In a whisper, he spoke:
“Behold the ancient fortress of Bara-Dingdong.” He then added a solid “Idiots” for good measure. “Are you craven fools ready? Ready to again enter…
THE DEEP SMELLY DUNGEON
PART III
----
Welcome to the signup thread for GOG Forum Mafia #44!
This is the place where you can sign up for the next edition of our little game, chirp each other, and generally misbehave until the game launches. If this is your first time ever, I would recommend closely following at least one game in real-time before signing up.
I am an active player and appreciate active games, so please be willing to commit to active play. Posting is required at least once every 24 hours unless “real life” absence is discussed beforehand. I will be liberal with my prods, and will be sorely tempted to begin modkilling players capriciously. Please do not test my mental balance by tempting me needlessly. Overall game length should be about one month, but you never know with this crowd of indecisive sloths.
You may also sign up to be either an alternate or an observer. Alternates will be asked to follow the game in order to step in if a replacement player is needed. Observers will be granted access at Mod discretion to the observer thread to follow the game, taunt, and generally embarrass themselves and the players in real-time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here.
----
This game is targeted at 17 players, but I can adapt up or (more likely) down as needed. As usual, there will a metric fuck-ton of flavor writing, so be prepared.
I highly recommend you be familiar with the first game in this series, found here. Or at least open it up and use adalia's script to isolate my posts so you can read the story. It isn't mandatory to enjoy this game, but it will help.
I will be re-using some of the mechanics from that game, but not all. Be warned.
Be EXTRA warned that there will be some other oddball and generally impolite goings-on as well. In signing up for this game, I would like everyone to grab a spot as either:
1) "regular" player
2) player and open to receiving a non-standard role in the game
3) observer
4) replacement - and please, I would like to have at least two here if possible
If you take what's behind door #2, that does not guarantee you something crazy, but it might open that possibility. Everything will be explained at game time.
...
...
What do you mean "where's part two?"
Post edited December 01, 2016 by yogsloth
